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Virtual reality -- once a novelty confined to cybercafes -- can be a powerful tool, when used properly, for teaching Newtonian dynamics and mechanics to fifth- and sixth- graders or helping high-school students learn about electrostatic fields like the one on this page -- a dipole shown with test charge traces and field lines. Faculty members at the Graduate School of Education are finding exciting new ways of harnessing technology for pedagogic purposes.

3.1.2001

Tangible Learning in a Virtual World

Years ago Gerald Lesser, now Bigelow professor of education and developmental psychology emeritus at the Graduate School of Education (GSE), was a key player in the development of the children's television show Sesame Street.

Peter T. Ellison, with images from his field research: a Lese woman dancing (left), and Efe Pygmies smoking a banana-stem pipe

3.1.2001

The Graduate School Agenda

Quality of life and academic matters receive equal billing in a four-part program for the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences...

3.1.2001

Beyond the Bubble

The torrent of venture-funded Internet start-ups and wildly successful initial public stock offerings...

3.1.2001

100 Things to Do Before Leaving Harvard

One hundred essentials for today's Harvard students, a dining room with a view, and a spring sports schedule

W. Richard West and daughter Amy in Cheyenne dress.

3.1.2001

"At the Interface"

On a rainy September morning in 1999, hundreds of Native Americans gathered on the mall near the U.S. Capitol ...

3.1.2001

Bluffing the Baritone

Just as looks can be deceiving, so, too, can sounds mislead.

by Jonathan Shaw

3.1.2001

Harvard to Applicants: Chill!

How often does the admissions staff of an elite university advise prospective applicants that they "are not judged simply by the number of AP or other advanced credits amassed at the end of senior year"...

3.1.2001